eternity; permanence; perpetuity
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
tradition; legend; folklore
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to make one's own; to take possession of
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
Guangzhou (China); Kwangchow; Canton
to face; to go towards; to head towards
adds force or indicates command
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
duty; function; office; mission; task
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
please (give me); please (do for me)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
now; the present time; just now; another; more